The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
2:38 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.53° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.31° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.